NCI Drug Dictionary

The NCI Drug Dictionary contains technical definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents
used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer. Each drug entry
includes links to check for clinical trials listed in NCI's List of Cancer Clinical
Trials.

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A small molecule containing 2 phenol rings, characterized as a hapten for use in vaccine preparation. Dinitrophenyl by itself will not elicit any immune response nor bind to antigen. Dinitrophenyl compound is commonly used to couple with peptides in vaccine preparation to enhance the immunogenicity of otherwise weak immunogenic antigens. Check for active clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)